The Partido Socialista (PSOE) has pointed out that the president of the Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, "cannot keep on hiding" after having "acknowledged" that the lawyer for the party held meetings with Koldo García. The socialists are calling for Justice to determine "whether behind these contacts there was another operation of dirty war linked" to the 'populares', after the complaint filed against the main opposition party.
In a statement released this Friday, the PSOE raises several questions: "What were they trying to get from Koldo in the recognized meetings? Where and when did those meetings occur, which it considers so normal?", and it stresses that if those encounters were "normal", "why does it not explain what was discussed in them?".
Sánchez's party demands that the PP clarify why its "top legal officer met with Koldo and his defense", recalling that lawyers act "on behalf of their clients when they represent them. 'As a lawyer for the PP and a member of its national leadership, who gave him instructions, and who made the decision? Who did he inform?'" they have questioned from Ferraz.
According to the PSOE, first the PP denied the contacts by claiming "that no meeting had taken place" and, later, both the deputy secretary for Institutional Regeneration, Cuca Gamarra, and Feijóo himself have "acknowledged" them.
The socialists stress that their resort to the courts seeks to clarify "the alleged attempt to buy false statements against Pedro Sánchez, Begoña Gómez and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero" by Koldo, former adviser to the former minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos, who was convicted in the 'masks' case and sentenced to 19 years in prison by the Supreme Court.
This step by the PSOE comes after the former ministerial adviser said that they offered to pay his defense and one million euros if he lied against the head of government, Pedro Sánchez. The complaint, filed with the Fiscalía General del Estado and to which Europa Press has had access, includes possible crimes of obstruction of justice, influence peddling, falsification in a mercantile document, bribery, prevarication, and embezzlement.
"According to the information known", they have indicated from the PSOE, "Koldo García would have been offered the payment for his judicial defense, one million euros in exchange for lying against the Government", as well as "a reduction in sentence". For this reason, they demand that it be clarified "who organized this alleged operation, who funded it and how far the responsibilities extend".
The complaint also targets one of the PP lawyers, Alberto Durán, and an publishing company that is pointed out for assuming the cost of Koldo's defense.
The socialists argue that this payment would have been made "with a quid pro quo of institutional advertising from administrations of the same political persuasion" and that "they indicate indicatively that the effective recipient of the benefit could be the Partido Popular".
"That verification requires in this investigation examining the party's accounts, its economic relationships with the publisher between May 2025 and the present, and the statements submitted to the Court of Auditors", the PSOE insists, linking these events to possible illegal financing.